How Gross Are You?

Mar 14, 20192 minutes

ILLUSTRATION BY RODRIGO DAMATI

YOU EAT PIZZA THAT SAT OUT ALL NIGHT.

Pizza crust is dry, the sauce is acidic, and pepperoni and sausage are preservative-laden—all things that don’t support bacteria survival, says Fraser. Different story if you got spinach and tomatoes: Moisture-rich toppings tend to breed microbes that can gang up and fell you (diarrhea,